Paying It Forward
A smile’s not a smile till it wrinkles your face,
A bell’s not a bell without ringing.
A home’s not a home when there’s nobody there,
A song’s not a song without singing.
Love isn’t love till you give it away,
Love isn’t love till it’s free.
Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay,
No, love isn’t love till you give it away.
You might think love is a treasure to keep,
A feeling to cherish and hold.
But love is a treasure for people to share;
You keep it by letting it go.
Love isn’t love till you give it away…
“Help us Lord to show and give love to those who need love
without expecting anything in return
especially if we call ourselves the children of God.
God is love!”
Euginia Herlihy
Matthew 10:8
“You have been treated generously, so live generously.“
(The Message)
“Freely you received, so freely give.”
(World English Bible)
If instead of a gem, or even a flower,
we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend,
that would be giving as the angels give.
George MacDonald
Jesus replied, “The most important [commandment] is this: ‘Listen, Israel!
The Lord our God is the only Lord.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second most important commandment is this:
‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’
There is no other commandment more important than these two.”
Mark 12:28b-31 Good News Translation
Love people not only as you wish to be loved,
but love people as much as God has loved you.
You will do all right, if you obey the most important law in the Scriptures.
It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves. James 2:8 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Understand how beautifully God has added
one more day in your life – not because you need it,
but because someone else needs you.
When we seek to discover the best in others,
we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
William Arthur Ward
“In this life we have three great lasting qualities—faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of them is love.” I Corinthians 13:13
J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS)
Happy Valentine’s Day, Friend!
Pass it on!